LL.M. Alumni and Student Publications

Cynthia J. Alkon
Associate Professor
Texas Wesleyan School of Law
B.A. magna cum laude (1985), San Francisco State University
J.D. (1990), University of California, Hastings College of Law
LL.M. (2002), University of Missouri

Plea Bargaining as a Legal Transplant: A Good Idea for Troubled Criminal Justice Systems?, 19 JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 355 (2010).

The Increased Use of 'Reconciliation’ in Criminal Cases in Central Asia: A Sign of Restorative Justice, Reform or Cause for Concern?, 8 PEPPERDINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAW JOURNAL 41 (2007).

Women Labor Arbitrators: Women Members of the National Academy of Arbitrators Speak About the Barriers of Entry into the Field, 6 APPALACHIAN JOURNAL OF LAW 195 (2007).

Jeff Goldfien
Ombuds/Mediator
Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, Calif.
Private practice, law and dispute resolution
A.B. (1981), University of California, Berkeley
J.D. with honors (1988), University of San Francisco
LL.M. (2005), University of Missouri

What If the Lawyers Have Their Way? An Empirical Assessment of Conflict Strategies and Attitudes Toward Mediation Styles, 22 OHIO STATE JOURNAL ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION 277 (2007) (with Jennifer Robbennolt).

Negotiated Rulemaking and The Public Interest, 5 JOURNAL OF AMERICAN ARBITRATION 81 (2006). This paper received an honorable mention in the James Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution.

Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor: RLUIPA and the Mediation of Religious Land Use Disputes, 2006 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION 435.

If You Lose, It Is Binding, but if You Win - They Get a New Trial: Illinois Uninsured Motorist Arbitration, 2005 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION 93.

Art HinshawDirector, Lodestar Dispute Resolution Program
Clinical Professor of Law
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Arizona State University
B.A. (1988), Washington University
J.D. (1993), LL.M. (2000), University of Missouri

Brian JarrettAssistant Professor of Justice
University of Alaska Fairbanks
B.A. Honors (1985), Simon Fraser University
LL.B. (1988), University of British Columbia
LL.M. (2001), University of Missouri
Ph.D. (2006), University of Hawaii

The Missouri Workers Compensation Legal Advisor System: Can It Be Resurrected Under the New Law?, SIU LAW JOURNAL (2009).

LoValerie MullinsMediator
National Mediation Board, Washington, DC
B.A. (1990), M.A. (1991), University of Louisville
J.D. (2006), Appalachian School of Law
LL.M. (2007), University of Missouri

Employees Losing Power, Losing Jobs: Making the Case for Mediating Power in the Era of Buy-Ins and Bailouts, 10 PEPPERDINE DISP. RESOL. L.J. 523 (2010).

The Equity Illusion of Surface Ownership in Coalbed Methane Gas; The Rise of Mutual Simultaneous Rights in Mineral Law and the Resulting Need for Dispute Resolution in Split Estate Relations, 16 MISSOURI ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY REVIEW 109 (2009).

Brian A. Pappas
Associate Director, ADR Program
Michigan State University College of Law
B.A. (2000), M.P.P. (2003), University of Michigan
J.D. (2005), Wayne State University
LL.M. (2008), University of MissourI
Ph.D. student in public administration, University of Kansas

The Case for Non-Party Discovery Under the Federal Arbitration Act, 59 DISPUTE RESOLUTION JOURNAL 46 (Aug.-Oct. 2004). This paper won the James Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution.

Gerardo Pico
Administrative Law Judge, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Adjunct Professor of Law, Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
B.B.A. (1989), University of Puerto Rico
J.D. (1992), Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
LL.M. (2000), University of Missouri

A Beginner’s Guide to Arbitration in Puerto Rico, 5 APPALACHIAN JOURNAL OF LAW 263 (2006).

Why Further Development of ADR in Latin America Makes Sense: The Venezuelan Model, 2005 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION 399.

J. Bradley Reich
Assistant Professor of Law and Ethics
School of Business and Leadership, University of Puget Sound
B.B.A. (1991), University of Iowa
J.D. (1994), Drake University
LL.M. (2001), University of Missouri

Finally Admitting that “Good Faith" is a Bad Idea: A Call to Remove the Good Faith Requirement From Court-Ordered Mediation, MIDWEST ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS (forthcoming 2006).

Getting the Skinny: Fat-Based Litigation is not a Legal Threat to Business, but it Should Be, 23 HOFSTRA LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW JOURNAL 345 (2006). This paper received the award for the best paper published in any source in 2006 by the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

Show me the Truth...Show me the Proof...and Show me the Money!: A Close Examination of the ABA’s "Mediator Credentialing and Quality Assurance" Proposal, 3 RUTGERS CONFLICT RESOLUTION LAW JOURNAL 1 (2004).

Is Court -Ordered Mediation Really "Alternative Dispute Resolution" or has it Become Just Another Step in the Litigation Process?, MIDWEST ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS (2004). This paper received the award for outstanding paper in the conference proceedings in 2004 by the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

All the [Athletes] Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal than Others: An Objective Evaluation of Title IX's Past, Present, and Recommendations for its Future, 108 PENN STATE LAW REVIEW 525 (2003).

The Continuing Evolution of Title IX Through the Eyes of a Neutral Researcher, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORT (2003).

Zain Satardien
Manager, Legal Services Division
International Trade Commission of South Africa
LL.B. (2005), LL.M. (2006), University of the Western Cape
LL.M. (2008), University of Missouri

South Africa's International Trade Laws and its Guillotine Clause, MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LAW, Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2010).

Daxton R. “Chip” Stewart
Assistant Professor
Schieffer School of Journalism, Texas Christian University
B.A. magna cum laude, with honors (1994), Southern Methodist University
J.D. (1998), University of Texas School of Law
M.A. summa cum laude (2004), PhD. (2009), University of Missouri School of Journalism
LL.M. (2007), University of Missouri School of Law

Can I Use This Photo I Found on Facebook? Applying Copyright Law and Fair Use Analysis to Photographs on Social Networking Sites Republished for News Reporting Purposes, 10 JOURNAL ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY LAW 93 (2012),

Let The Sunshine In, Or Else: An Examination Of The "Teeth" Of State And Federal Open Meetings And Open Records Laws, 15 COMMUNICATION LAW AND POLICY 265 (2010).

Designing A Public Access Ombuds Office: A Case Study Of Virginia's Freedom Of Information Advisory Council, 9 APPALACHIAN JOURNAL OF LAW 217 (2010).

The Promise of Arbitration: Can it Succeed in Journalism as it Has in Other Businesses?, 6 APPALACHIAN JOURNAL OF LAW 135 (2006).

Gil Marvel P. TabucanonDean and Professor, College of Law
Western Leyte College of Ormoc City
B.A. magna cum laude (1983), University of the Philippines-Tacloban
LL.B., (1987), University of San Carlos
LL.M. (2006), University of Missouri
Ph.D. candidate,
Macquarie University

MEDIATION MANUAL FOR BARANGAY AND LUPON OFFICIALS: A GUIDE ON HOW TO BECOME A MORE EFFECTIVE MEDIATOR, Rex Printing Co. (Manila) (2010).

A Connecticut Mediator in a Kangaroo Court?: Successfully Communicating the "Authorized Practice of Mediation” Paradigm to “Unauthorized Practice of Law” Disciplinary Bodies, 49 SOUTH TEXAS LAW REVIEW 101 (2008). Also at mediate.com.

The Where of Mediation: Choosing the Right Location for a Facilitated Negotiation,mediate.com, (March 2007).

Take it or Leave It. Lump it or Grieve It: Designing Mediator Complaint Systems That Protect Mediators, Unhappy Parties, Attorneys, Courts, the Process, and the Field, 21 OHIO STATE JOURNAL ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION 721 (2006).

Black and Red White and Blue: What Choices do We Have to the Attacks on America?, ST. LOUIS LAWYER (October 2001). This article is reprinted at mediate.com in the articles section on the response to terrorism.

The Game is Changing: ADR Provides New Practice Perspectives, MISSOURI LAWYERS WEEKLY (July 30, 2001), reprinted in the Ohio Lawyers Weekly and at mediate.com.

Tal M. Zarankin
Assistant Professor-Management
Radford University
LL.B. (1997), The College of Management Law School, Israel
LL.M. (2001), Bar Ilan University School of Law, Israel
LL.M. (2001), University of Missouri
Ph.D. (2009), Robert J. Trulaske College of Business, University of Missouri

Hui-Qun "Cindy" Zhu
Associate
Herbert Smith, Hong Kong
LL.B. (1997), Zhongshan University, China
LL.M. (2002), University of Missouri
J.D. (2006), University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York

A Fairy Tale or A Creation: Is Online Mediation Realistic?, MEDIATION J., Dec. 2002, at 67.

Mediation and Domestic Violence: A Practical Screening Method for Mediators and Mediation Program Administrators, 2001 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION 253.

The Road from Voluntary Mediation to Mandatory Good Faith Requirements: A Road Best Left Untraveled, 17 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS 69 (2001). This paper received Honorable Mention in the 2001 James Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution.